October (magazine)

October
Categories Political magazine
Frequency Weekly
Publisher Dar Al Maarif
Year founded 1976 (1976)
Country Egypt
Language Arabic
Website October

October is a weekly Arabic political magazine published in Egypt. It is one of the state-owned publications in the country.[1]

History and profile

October was established by Dar Al Maarif group in 1976.[2][3] It is a political and social magazine and is published weekly on Saturdays.[2][4] Dar Al Maarif group is also the publisher of the weekly[5] which is owned by the Egyptian government[2] and is based in Cairo.[3]

Anis Mansour, an Egyptian writer, was the first editor-in-chief of the magazine[2] who held the post for a long period.[6][7] Ismail Montassar also served as the editor-in-chief of the weekly.[8] On 28 June 2014 Hassan Abu Taleb became the editor-in-chief of the magazine.[9]

During the period of Anis Mansour the magazine published the articles by Israeli writers between 1979 and 1981.[6][10] However, on 28 August 2011 the front-page article by Ibrahim Abd Al Ghani in the magazine developed an analogy between Israeli generals and Nazis.[11]

The circulation of the weekly in 2000 was 120,000 copies.[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Mohamed El Bendary (2013). The Egyptian Revolution: Between Hope and Despair: Mubarak to Morsi. Algora Publishing. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-87586-992-6. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Mohamed El Bendary (1 March 2010). The Egyptian Press and Coverage of Local and International Events. Lexington Books. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-7391-4520-3. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Media Landscape". Menassat. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "October Weekly Magazine". Araboo. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  5. ↑ Hala El Zahed. "Egyptian Press and the Transition to Democracy" (PDF). LSE. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  6. 1 2 William B. Quandt (1988). The Middle East: Ten Years After Camp David. Brookings Institution Press. p. 19. ISBN 0-8157-2052-1.
  7. ↑ "Anis Mansour". Masress. 13 November 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  8. ↑ Mohamed El Bendary (2011). The "ugly American" in the Arab Mind: Why Do Arabs Resent America?. Potomac Books, Inc. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-59797-673-2.
  9. ↑ "Media Situation in Egypt: Thirteenth report for the period June and August 2014" (Report). Al Sawt Al Hurr. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  10. ↑ Hassan A. Barari (1 March 2012). Israelism: Arab Scholarship on Israel, a Critical Assessment. Garnet Publishing Ltd. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-86372-416-9. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  11. ↑ "Egyptian State-Run Magazine Compares Israeli Generals to Nazis". The Blaze. 13 September 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  12. ↑ Sahar Hegazi; Mona Khalifa (October 2000). "Increasing the Coverage of Reproductive Health Issues in Egyptian Press Project" (PDF). FRONTIERS/Population Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.

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